Pronominalization of Social Actors on Universities’ Websites: Effectiveness and Constitutiveness from a Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Selvarajah Tharmalingam ◽  
Ali M. Al-Wedyan
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Vice Chancellors

<p class="1"><span lang="EN-GB">Discursive construction of staff identities at universities’ websites is deliberately created to categorically identify the staff according to their positions. The constructions of these identities are normally implicit in nature. The study attempts to identify the power relations with regard to the ‘WE’ and ‘I’ dichotomy in discourse from a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) perspective. In addition, corpus techniques also aided this study to find the collocates of these two pronouns. Transitivity analysis was conducted to categorise processes associated with each pronoun. So, the processes associated with each pronoun are a way of identifying the role played at the institution level. The focus was on specific personal pronouns ‘We’ and ‘I’ for their use, mainly, as inclusive and exclusive strategies. The data was collected from international universities’ websites. The text was selected from the ‘welcome note/letter’ by Rectors, Vice Rectors, Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, and Presidents. The universities selected for this study are from various geographical areas, namely; Universiti Science Malaysia (USM) in Malaysia, Yarmouk University (YU) in Jordan, and University of Birmingham (UB) in the United Kingdom. The analysis indicates that the use of the pronouns has a social and administrative hierarchical significance. The social actors are represented according to the specified role to play in their respective institutions.</span></p>

scholarly journals La construcción discursiva de la identidad andaluza y la reproducción de la memoria colectiva en la serie La respuesta está en la historia / The Discursive Construction of Andalusian Identity and Collective Memory Play in the Series the Answer Lies in History

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamil Fleissner
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Television Series ◽  
The Social

ABSTRACTThis study aims to analyze the discoursive representation of andalusian collective identity and memory in the television series “La respuesta está en la historia”. I will reflect the theoretical approach of the social construction of identities and I will use the methodology of the critical discourse analysis to identify, classify and explore the basic discoursive strategies that are reproduced by the television series.RESUMENEl propósito general de este estudio es analizar la construcción discursiva de las representaciones de la identidad social y de la memoria colectiva de los andaluces en la serie “La respuesta está en la Historia”. Reflejando las explicaciones teóricas de la construcción de la identidad y los conceptos de la memoria colectiva, y usando la perspectiva teórico-metodológica del análisis crítico del discurso identifico, clasifico y exploro las principales estrategias discursivas usadas en el programa.

scholarly journals Theories Media Discourse Studies in Critical Discourse Analysis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Lusiana
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Applied Field ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
Positive Images

ABSTRACT: The critical period in the analysis discourse emerged between the late 1990s and early 2000 in the linguistic applied field referring to various analytical and analytical frame works and approaches. The study reviewed five article journals to examine ways and methods in which CDA was used to find phenomena social while disclosing the original identity of the social actors. It was found that CDA has been used extensively, to open masks ideologies that discriminate against oppressed groups while presenting positive images for the group with supreme authority.

scholarly journals Positive Reaction Toward Trade and Economic Partnership Between Indonesia and Australia Governments in The Jakarta Post

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Rosaria Mita Amalia ◽  
Taufik Ampera ◽  
Yuyu Yohana Risagarniwa
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Positive Reaction ◽  
Dominant Strategy ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Economic Partnership

This study explores the representation of social actors, both in the Indonesian and Australian governments on the Trade and Economic Partnership through Critical Discourse Analysis approach. The issue focuses on both governments partnership published in the Jakarta Post during 2014-2018. Using Critical Discourse Analysis as an approach, this article analyses the media exclusion and inclusion strategies of social actors. By applying descriptive qualitative methods, result shows that the dominant strategy is the inclusion strategy. The use of inclusion strategy indicates specifications, individualization and categorization of positive reaction and support of The Jakarta Post towards the Indonesian government on trade and economic partnership between Indonesia and Australia. However, the use of exclusion strategy is aim to hide the social actors in the discourse and to divert reader's attention to the object rather than the subject discourse.

scholarly journals Analisis Wacana Kritis Kasus Penyerangan Terhadap Jemaah Ahmadiyah di Cikeusik

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Wulan Purnama Sari
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Power Relationship ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Marginal Group ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Act

This paper examines the phenomenon of Ahmadiyah congregation in Indonesia which has long been a conversation for many years. The phenomenon of Ahmadiyah congregation raised in this paper is the result of news from Kompas Online media, in case of attack in Cikeusik in 2011 ago. The method used is critical discourse analysis from Theo Van Leeuwen, who sees the representation of social actors and activities displayed in a text. The representation of the actor and the social act is shown through exclusion and inclusion. The main news that became the object of analysis is the news published by Kompas Online on February 06, 2011, entitled "Thousands of Citizens Cikeusik Serang Jemaah Ahmadiyah". This study examines the use of language on the news to find what discourse is trying to be produced through the news. This study also aims to know the constellation of power in the news, how the representation of Ahmadiyah congregation groups in the news. As a result it is known that the Ahmadiyya congregation group is described as a marginal group, there is an unequal power relationship between the minority and the majority. The Ahmadiyya congregation is unfairly displayed in the discourse or in other words there is discrimination against the Ahmadiyya congregation. It is hoped that this publication will make all Indonesian citizens aware of the existence of discrimination and can be critical in facing it, especially in understanding the news about a particular case in the mass media.  Tulisan ini mengkaji fenomena jemaah Ahmadiyah di Indonesia yang telah lama menjadi perbincangan selama bertahun - tahun. Fenomena jemaah Ahmadiyah yang diangkat pada tulisan ini merupakan hasil pemberitaan dari media Kompas Online, pada kasus penyerangan di Cikeusik tahun 2011 silam. Metode yang digunakan adalah analisis wacana kritis dari Theo Van Leeuwen, yang melihat representasi aktor sosial dan kegiatan ditampilkan dalam suatu teks. Representasi aktor dan tindakan sosial tersebut ditampilkan melalui eksklusi dan inklusi. Berita utama yang menjadi objek analisis adalah berita yang diterbitkan oleh Kompas Online pada 06 Februari 2011, dengan judul “Seribuan Warga Cikeusik Serang Jemaah Ahmadiyah”. Penelitian ini mengkaji penggunaan bahasa pada berita tersebut untuk mencari wacana apa yang berusaha diproduksi melalui berita tersebut. Penelitian ini juga bertujuan untuk mengetahui konstelasi kekuatan dalam berita tersebut, bagaimana representasi kelompok jemaah Ahmadiyah dalam berita tersebut. Sebagai hasilnya diketahui bahwa kelompok jemaah Ahmadiyah digambarkan sebagai kelompok marginal, terdapat hubungan kekuasaan yang tidak imbang antara kelompok minoritas dengan kelompok mayoritas. Kelompok jemaah Ahmadiyah ditampilkan secara tidak adil dalam wacana tersebut atau dengan kata lain terdapat diskriminasi terhadap jemaah Ahmadiyah. Diharapkan dengan adanya pemberitaan ini menjadikan seluruh masyarakat Indonesia menjadi sadar akan adanya tindak diskriminasi dan dapat bersikap secara kritis dalam menghadapinya, teruatama dalam memahami pemberitaan tentang suatu kasus tertentu di media massa.

scholarly journals Analysis Critical Discourse Analysis in Media Discourse Studies: Theory and Approaches

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnesia Elvi Wisnita S
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Applied Field ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
Positive Images

ABSTRACT: The critical period in the analysis discourse emerged between the late 1990s and early 2000 in the linguistic applied field referring to various analytical and analytical frame works and approaches. The study reviewed five article journals to examine ways and methods in which CDA was used to find phenomena social while disclosing the original identity of the social actors. It was found that CDA has been used extensively, to open masks ideologies that discriminate against oppressed groups while presenting positive images for the group with supreme authority.

scholarly journals Theories Media Discourse Studies in Critical Discourse Analysis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Lusiana
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Applied Field ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
Positive Images

ABSTRACT: The critical period in the analysis discourse emerged between the late 1990s and early 2000 in the linguistic applied field referring to various analytical and analytical frame works and approaches. The puppose of this review is to find out how the CDA plays the important role in uncovering hidden ideologies while examining the presence offorce in media. The study reviewed five article journals to examine ways and methods in which CDA was used to find phenomena social while disclosing the original identity of the social actors. It was found that CDA has been used extensively, to open masks ideologies that discriminate against oppressed groups while presenting positive images for the group with supreme authority.

scholarly journals Analysis Critical Discourse Analysis in Media Discourse Studies: Theory and Approaches

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnesia Elvi Wisnita S
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Applied Field ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
Positive Images

The critical period in the analysis discourse emerged between the late 1990s and early 2000 in the linguistic applied field referring to various analytical and analytical frame works and approaches. The study reviewed five article journals to examine ways and methods in which CDA was used to find phenomena social while disclosing the original identity of the social actors. It was found that CDA has been used extensively, to open masks ideologies that discriminate against oppressed groups while presenting positive images for the group with supreme authority.

scholarly journals Flood disasters in the United Kingdom and India: A critical discourse analysis of media reporting

Journalism ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 1648-1664
Author(s):  
Paul Solman ◽  
Lesley Henderson
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Global Media ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Environment Agency ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Flooding Events

Reports of flooding are becoming more frequent in the UK media, and evidence from the UK Environment Agency indicates that ‘living with flooding’ will become commonplace rather than exceptional. This study is the first to adopt a critical discourse analysis approach to compare UK newspaper reporting of floods in the developed and developing world. We present our analysis of major flood incidents in Northern England and Chennai, India, in 2015. Our findings identify that UK newspapers not only give greater prominence to flooding events that are local but also frame differently those affected. Reports of floods in Northern England reinforced similarities and shared values between victims and assumed readers by drawing upon personal stories, emotions and suffering. By contrast, reports about floods in Chennai portrayed victims as anonymous ‘distant Others’, emphasising the drama of the incident rather than the plight of individuals. We argue that the newspapers’ approach to covering flooding reveals how the Western-dominated global media continue to emphasise difference rather than similarity between people in the developed and developing world, presenting flooding in the United Kingdom as exceptional and flooding in India as normalised. We believe these findings have important implications in the context of globalisation and increasing migration.

scholarly journals Theories Media Discourse Studies in Critical Discourse Analysis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Lusiana
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Applied Field ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
Positive Images

ABSTRACT: The critical period in the analysis discourse emerged between the late 1990s and early 2000 in the linguistic applied field referring to various analytical and analytical frame works and approaches. The study reviewed five article journals to examine ways and methods in which CDA was used to find phenomena social while disclosing the original identity of the social actors. It was found that CDA has been used extensively, to open masks ideologies that discriminate against oppressed groups while presenting positive images for the group with supreme authority.

#ShamimaBegum: An analysis of social media narratives relating to female terrorist actors

Politics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 026339572110414
Author(s):  
Carys Evans ◽  
Raquel da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Terrorist Activity ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Media Narratives

This study explores the constructions of gender in social media narratives regarding Shamima Begum, a British born woman who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Using the Twitter hashtag #ShamimaBegum – developed in response to Begum’s expressed interest in returning to the United Kingdom to give birth to her third child – we employ critical discourse analysis to examine social media users’ responses to Begum’s case across a 3-week period. We portray how the vernacular narratives constructing femininity, gender, and their relation to terrorist activity are built on the expectation that the female actor should express remorse for her actions and is judged according to certain perceptions of maternalism, religion, and victimhood. We also explore the absence of considered agency in the narratives about women engaging in and disengaging from violent activities, demonstrating the weight of race, religion, and gender in shaping narratives surrounding perceived violent women.

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